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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Learn How to Value Invest!

Very rarely do value investors reveal their methodologies. We all understand the concept of buying cheap, and applying a margin of safety, but how do the pros actually calculate a company's intrinsic value? Finally, here's an opportunity to see the valuation techniques employed by real value investors.

Professor George Athanassakos, whom we've described here, is the chair of the Ben Graham Centre for Value Investing. Every year, he offers a one-week seminar to educate investors on value investing methodologies. Attendees learn how to identify stocks that are potentially undervalued, how to determine the intrinsic value of a stock, and how to construct a portfolio that controls for risk without limiting potential returns. In essence, you'll learn how to apply valuation techniques that most value investors keep under wraps! You can read more about the seminar here.

For the first time, George is offering a fall seminar to be held sometime between October and November in Toronto, Canada. The seminar is geared towards Portfolio Managers, Finance Professionals, Finance Executives and Individual Investors with an understanding of basic accounting. The class sizes are deliberately held small so that each individual gets ample opportunity to ask questions and get the most out of the experience. If you are interested in reserving a seat please contact us.